National Register of Historic Places

Union Station, WI-150

Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland
Listed
May 1, 2007
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
07000389

About this property

Union Station is a historic railway station located at Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It was constructed in 1913–14, near the junction where the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad intersected with the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad (later, the Baltimore & Eastern Railroad) in the center of Salisbury. Both railroads became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). It has a 1+1⁄2-story, Flemish bond brick main block covered by a medium-pitched hip roof sheathed in slate, with single-story wings. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the PRR ran several passenger trains a day, including the Del-Mar-Va Express, through the station, north–south from Philadelphia to Cape Charles, Virginia. The PRR terminated passenger service in 1958. It was converted from a passenger station into a freight facility, and since 1986 the station used for other commercial purposes. The building has characteristics of the Colonial Revival style and was the most elaborate passenger facility to survive on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Union Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

611 Railroad Ave.
Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland
38.37133, -75.59283

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When was Union Station, WI-150 listed on the National Register?

Union Station, WI-150 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Union Station, WI-150?

Union Station, WI-150 is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Union Station, WI-150?

The period of significance for Union Station, WI-150 is recorded as the civil_war era.

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